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Adam Kazanowski Adam Kazanowski, (1599-1649), was a noble (szlachcic) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1633. Stolnik wielki koronny from 1634, Court Chamberlain (podkomorzy koronny) and castellan of Sandomierz from 1637, court marshall from 1643, żupnik of Wieliczka from 1642, starosta barcicki, borysowski, kozienicki, rumieński, solecki, nowotarski, warecki, bielski. Friend of king Wladyslaw IV Waza. In 1634 married Elżbieta Słuszczanka, later Hieronimowa Radziejowska, but he never had children. Together with his brother, Stanisław Kazanowski, was raised with crown prince Wladyslaw. He accompanied him during his attempt to become a Russian Tzar, in the Chocim war of 1621 and the 1620s European voyage. In 1631 he is the starost if Barcko. When Wladyslaw became king in 1634, he was showered with gifts and new official titles. In 1634 he becames the starost of Borysowo, and gains the rank of podstoli and soon after that, stolnik. Those many favours, especially coupled with both Kazanowski and Wladyslaw lavish spending, raised many protests from the Commonwealth parliament, the Sejm. However when Wladyslaw royal treasury run dry once, Adam Kazanowski borrowed him his money and mortaged many of his goods, saying My liege, I cannot become poor when I am near to you, but I will not be rich without you'. A contemporary writer, after his death, wrote: Never has Poland seen so much wealth in a private hand of a single man''. Died in 1649. Buried in St.John Chapel in Warsaw. Kazanowski, Adam Kazanowski, Adam Kazanowski, Adam
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